Category: 3. Europe

After years of pressure, Poland has succeeded in getting 8,000 U.S. troops permanently stationed in the country.

That got Hegseth to again call Poland a “model ally.”

He said the “level of partnership is unmatched in Europe, the common…

Paul B. Stares is the General John W. Vessey senior fellow for conflict prevention at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he directs the Center on Preventive Action. Michael O’Hanlon holds the Phil H. Knight chair in defense and…

“The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia. It’s not China, it’s not any other external actor. And what I worry about is the threat from within,” the vice president said. “The retreat of Europe from some…

What Parliament is calling for

Shortly after Trump’s re-election in November 2024, MEPs already debated what this would mean for EU-US relations.

In the week Trump was inaugurated as US president, leading MEPs called for continued transatlantic…

The most productive countries in the world are in Western Europe, according to the Productivity Potential Index (PPI), created by global consulting firm Strategy& and the World Governments Summit….

European defence ministers left their meeting in Brussels on February 12 in shock after the new US secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth, told them they could no longer rely on the US to guarantee their security.

Hegseth said he was there…

A wave of discontent over rising supermarket prices has spread through the Balkans and beyond in the past weeks, intensifying pressure on governments to defend consumers.

At the latest meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels on 27…

US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine has yet to be made public, but it is already abundantly clear that he…

Summary

• ECFR polling reveals the gloom that has fallen over European perceptions of the transatlantic relationship since early November.
• Respondents are more likely to call the US merely a…